J.C. MONAHAN REPORTS ON A BILL THAT WOULD MAKE WEIGHT I IS ILLEGAL -- BIAS IT LEGAL WILL SOON GO BEFORE THE STATE LEGISLATURE. THREE YEARS AFTER WEIGHT REDUCTION SURGERY, SHE SAYS SHE WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A BEAST. -- A BEAST. -- OBESE. IT STARTED AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. PEOPLE GET TO DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE FAT. SHE ADVISES COMPANIES ON CHANGING ATTITUDES ABOUT OBESITY. THEY ARE NOT HIRING, THEY ARE FIRING. THEY ARE NOT PROMOTING. A NEW BILL THAT WOULD MAKE DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF WEIGHT IS NOW FINALLY POISED FOR A VOTE. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, WHO IS THEIR EMPLOYER? I MAY THINK THESE THINGS, BUT I HAVE A LAW BEHIND ME SAYING I BETTER NOT PASS ON THEM. SCOTT BUSH SAYS IT IS A LAW WHOSE TIME HAS COME NOW THAT OBESITY IS SHOWN AS A DISEASE THAT AFFECTS APPETITE AND WEIGHT. YOU UNDERSTAND IT OCCURS AND THERE ARE NATURAL FORCES IN THE BODY THAT FIGHT US WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT. MANY UNDERSTAND OBESITY AS A DIFFERENT -- AND THEN WE UNDERSTAND OBESITY IS A DIFFERENT DISEASE AND NOT A CHARACTER PLOT. OTHERS BELIEVE THAT A WEAK DISCRIMINATION LAW WILL HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON EMPLOYERS. WITH THIS NEW CODE, CLASS THAT IS PROTECTED, THEY WILL BE AFRAID TO HIRE PEOPLE, AFRAID TO LET PEOPLE GO. IT OPENS UP THE DOOR FOR MORE LITIGATION. ADVOCATES OF THE LOSS A WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION IS NO LESS HARMFUL THEN RACE, GENDER, OR

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzkokhar Tsarnaev rested their case in his federal death penalty trial Tuesday after presenting a brief case aimed at showing his late older brother was the mastermind of the 2013 terror attack.